My Prayer Book_LASANCE - the Catholic Kingdom!

Tk Stations of
thc Cross
Jesus is Laid an the Sepulcha
V. We adore Thee, 0 Christ, and praise Thee:
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed
the world !
hEDIT.4TION
HE body of Jesus is interred in a stranger's sepulcher.
He Who in this world had not whereupon
to rest His head would not even have a grave of HIS own,
because He was not of this world. You who are so
attached to the world, henceforth despise it, that you
may not perish with it.
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Prayer
JESUS! Thou hast set me apart from the world:
what, then, shall I seek therein? Thou hast
created me for heaven; what, then, have I to do with
the world? Depart from me, deceitful world, with thy
vanities! Henceforth I will follow the way of the cross
traced out for me by my Redeemer, and journey onward
to my heavenly home, my eternal dwelling place.
Our Father, etc.; Hail Mary, etc.
V. Lord Jesus, crucified:
R. Have mercy on us!
CONCLUSION
LMIGHTY and eternal God! merciful Father!
Who hast given to the human race Thy beloved
Son as an example of humility, obedience, and patience,
to precede us on the Way of the Cross and on the Way of
Life, graciously grant that we, inflamed by His infinite
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